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The A.P. Moller-Maersk Group (Danish: A.P. Møller-Mærsk Gruppen) is an international business consortium involved in a variety of business sectors, primarily transportation. The company is more commonly known simply as Maersk and is most well known for its large shipping business. It is the largest container ship operator and supply vessel operator in the world. [1] Mærsk is based in Copenhagen, Denmark, but also has offices in more than 100 countries worldwide. The group has more than 60,000 employees.

A.P. Møller-Mærsk comprises today (May 2005)

Mærsk-Sealand fleet

  • 387 (+) owned & chartered container vessels (incl: 51 Post-Panamax ships; also 45 (+) containerships on order at Odense Yard, Volkswerft Stralsund, Hyundai H.I.; Ulsan)
  • Six 300,000 tdw crude oil tankers (Double-hull-ULCC; 7 new 310,000 tdw tankers on order)
  • 40 Product tankers (size 15,000 tdw, 35,000 tdw and 110,000 tdw)
  • 12 Gas tankers (size up to 35.000 cbm), 4 VLGC ea. 80,000 cbm on order
  • 1 LNG-carriers: size 128,000 cbm (5 ordered: one 128,000 cbm and 4 ea. 153,000 cbm)
  • 3 FSPO ships
  • 11 car-carriers (size 3000-5100 car capacity)
  • 40 supply ships, cable-layers and special vessels
  • 14 drilling rigs
  • 6 RORO-Ferrys at service by their own Netherland based Norfolk-Line
  • 250 (+) tugs, barges & other vessels (A/S Em Z.Svitzer-Wijsmüller Group), 40 (+) tugs on order
  • Most of the vessels are DIS flaged, but some vessels sail under their subsidiaries with UK/IOM (Maersk Co./UK Ltd.), Singapore (Maersk Singapore Pte.), US Flag (Maersk Sealand/USA), France (Maersk France S/A) , Egypt and Belgium (Safmarine).

A.P. Møller Container Terminals

  • A.P. Møller-Mærsk operates more than 35 private container terminals around the world, most in 50/50 joint ventures with port-administations. Nearly 15 of these were orginally Sealand Corp. terminals, taken over in Nov. 1999..
  • A.P. Møller terminals located
  • in Europe : Århus, NTB Bremerhaven, Rotterdam, Algeciras, Constantza, Gioia Tauro, Zeebrugge (opens in 2006).
  • in North America  : Los Angeles Pier 400, Tacoma, Oakland, Port Elizabeth, Portsmouth, Miami, Charleston, Houston, Port Everglades, New Orleans, Baltimore, Kingston.
  • in South America : Buenos Aires
  • in the Middle East : Salalah;Oman,
  • in the Far East : Kobe, Yokohama, Koashiung (Taiwan), Shenzhen East CT, Pelepas, Chem Lembang.
  • in Africa : Port Said (Egypt), Onne Port (Nigeria)
Part of the A.P.Moller Container terminal at Port Elizabeth, New Jersey / USA

Newly constructed terminals opened in 2004 at Port Said. The terminals in Rotterdam and Bremerhaven were expanded between 2004-2006.

Other Activities

  • Mærsk is also engaged in exploration for and production of oil and gas
  • ship broker department
  • shipbuilding with the Odense Steel Shipyard, Volkswerft Stralsund in Germany, the Loksa Yard and Baltia ES in Estland and the Baltija Yard in Litauen.
  • Suez Odense repair yard with a 300 m dock at Port Suez, Egypt.
  • aviation with Maersk Air
  • industry
  • Mærsk Data (recently sold to IBM)
  • Mærsk Rosti A/S
  • Mærsk Container A/S with container factories in Tinglev (Denmark), China, and the UK.
  • supermarkets (the Dansk Supermarked Group).
Volkswerft Stralsund, Germany of the A.P. Møller Group with large shipbuilding hall and newbuildings on the pier : a 2,100 TEU Safmarine Container vessel and a Mærsk supply vessel.

History

1886 - 1945 : Beginnings to WW II

  • 1886 : Captain Peter Mærsk-Møller bought his first steamship, the British-built S.S. Laura.
  • 1904 : the shipping company D/S Svendborg A/S af 1904 was founded by Captain Peter Mærsk-Møller and Arnold Peter Møller. First reg. ship of the company was the British-built 2,200 tdw cargosteamer Svendborg.
  • 1912 : the second shipping company D/S af 1912 A/S was founded by A.P. Møller.
  • 1918-1919 : A.P. Møller builts a own shipyard, the Odense Staalskibsvaervet at Odense River in the city of Odense. Keel lay down for the first two ships.
  • May 1920 : the new errected Odense Yard delivered with Robert Mærsk its first ship.
  • 1921 : Odense Yard delivered its first motorship with Leise Mærsk to A.P. Møller.
  • 1926 : A.P. Møller are entry in the tankerbuisness and ordered 5 motor tankers with 8,100 and 11,200 tdw.
  • 1928 : began the first liner service under the Name Mærsk Line with 6 motorships each 6000-7000 tdw on the Transpacificroute Far East - US West coast and via the Panama Canal to New York.
  • Febr. 1928 : A.P. Møller gets its first tanker, the 11.200 tdw Motortanker Emma Mærsk, built by Burmeister & Wain, Copenhagen.
  • March 1928 : Odense Yard built its first Tanker with the 8,000 tdw M.T.Anna Mærsk.
  • 1934 : Mærsk Line get the 9,000 tdw cargo motorship Nora Mærsk from Odense Yard.
  • Dec. 1936 : the German built 16,500 tdw motortanker Eleonora Mærsk is the biggest ship of the Mærsk fleet.
  • 1936 : with the M.S.Francine A.P. Møller gets its first reefer vessel. its chartered to the J. Lauritzen Company, Denmark.
  • 1937 : Maersk Line gets two 9,000 tdw motor cargo ships from Bremer Vulkan with Marchen Mærsk and Grete Mærsk.
  • 1937 : Odense yard delivered the 7,000 tdw white hull painted cargoships Gudrun Mærsk and Robert Mærsk with reefer capacity.
  • Febr. 1939 : Odense Yard delivered with the 9,200 tdw M.S.Laura Mærsk the largest cargo ship to the Mærsk fleet.
  • Sept. 1939 : At the beginning of World War II, A.P. Møller was the second largest shipping company in Danmark with a total of 46 ships.
  • May 1940 : on the 8 April 1940, A.P. Møller issued Permanent Special Instruction One to the 36 Mærsk ships on the high seas. Should Denmark become involved in war, all ships must report directly to the New York office and follow its instructions. No order from Copenhagen must be followed if not approved by the New York office. On the next morning, 9 April 1940, Germany invades Denmark and Norway. Denmark surrenders the same day. On the 24 April, Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller is made a partner in the company, and on 26 April he and his wife leaves Denmark. Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller manages the New York office throughout World War II.
  • 1941-1945: In June 1941, the United States takes control of foreing ships and the Mærsk fleet serves in the US navy for the rest of the war. More than half of the Mærsk fleet is lost during the war.

1945 - 1965 : Reconstruction following World War II

  • 1947-48  : a shipbuilding program is started. New vessels are ordered at yards in Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Italy, and Japan. Mærsk also takes over war-built ships of the US-"Liberty" and C-1 class and German-designed "Hansa A" and "Hansa B" class.
  • 1953 : Chastine Maersk becomes the first of 13 motor ships in a new fast cargo ship class. The Mærsk fleet now has the same size as it had before World War II.
  • 1954 : Turbine tanker Regina Maersk is launched, setting a new size-record for the Odense Yard. It is also the first Maersk vessel with a blue-painted hull.
  • 1956 : the S.S. Hans Mærsk (built 1916) is sold after 40 years of service in the Mærsk fleet.
  • 1959 : the new constructed Odense Lindø Yard, located in Munkebo around 10 kilometres away from the old yard, opens. It has two large building docks and begins with laying the keel for two 50,000 tdw tankers.
  • 1961 : The first ships built at Lindø are five 50,000 tdw Turbine tankers produced for Standard Oil of California and three for the Mærsk Line. Until 1977, the Yard mostly produces 100,000 tdw tankers. From 1968, 200,000 and 250,000 tdw tankers are produced, from 1971 280,000 tdw tankers, and ultimately 330,000 tdw tankers are produced as well.
  • 1962 : The Danish goverment grants A.P. Møller a license to search for oil in the Danish part of the North Sea. At the time, almost nobody expects any oil to be found. A new oil company, Maersk Olie og Gas A/S, is later founded.
  • 1962 - 1963 : Three ships of Trein Mærsk-class entered are added to the Mærsk fleet. At the time, they were the company's largest cargo liners.
  • 1964 : Dansk Supermarked A/S is founded.
  • 1965 : A.P. Møller produces its first product tanker Dangulf Mærsk.

1965 - 1993 : Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller takes over

  • 1966 : the Bulkcarrier Laura Maersk (yard no. 177) is the last ship produced at the old Odense Yard. The old yard is closed.
  • 1967 : A.P. Møller produces its first supply vessel Mærsk Supplier.
  • 1967 : the Odense Lindø Yard is enlarged with a new 90 x 420 metre construction dock with a great gantry crane. This enables the construction of VLCC tankers, later ULCC Tankers, and now Ultra-Post-Panamax container ships.
  • Nov. 1967 - 1969 : Mærsk Line produces the last class of seven fast conventional motor cargo vessels, the Cecilie Maersk-class. At test runs, they reach a maximum of 26 knots. They are used in the Europe-Far East service and in the Trans-Pacific service. In 1974, they are converted to semi-container ships, and following a large modification programme, as full container ships in 1980.
  • 1968 : Odense Lindø Yard builds its first 200,000 tdw tanker Dirch Mærsk.
  • 1969 : Mærsk Air is founded and begins operations the following year.
  • July 1971 : Odense Yard produces the 283,000 tdw turbine tanker Regina Mærsk the biggest ship in Europe.
  • 1972 : the first gas tanker Inge Mærsk becomes part of the A.P. Møller fleet.
  • Jan. 1974 : Maersk Line adds its first container ship to the fleet, Japanese-constructed twin screw M.C.S. Svendborg Mærsk (2,000 TEU).
  • July 1974 : Odense Yard builds the turbine tanker Kristine Mærsk (330.000 tdw), the biggest tanker in Europe. Six more vessels of this class is built for A.P. Møller until 1977.
  • Aug. 1975-1976 : Mærsk Line receives nine fast single screw 1,200 TEU turbine container ships, the Adrian Mærsk-class, from the German shipyards Blohm & Voss (Hamburg) and Flenderwerft (Lübeck) for use in the trans-Pacific service. They are designed by United Ship Design & Development Centre in Taiwan.
  • April 1979 : in Copenhagen, construction of the new company headquarters at Esplanaden is completed.
  • 1979-1980 : Six Odense built RORO-container ships (Elisabeth Maersk-class) are added to the Mærsk fleet.
  • January 1981 Mærsk Line opens its own container service on the Europe-Far East route with the first container ship built at Odense Yard, Laura Maersk (2,000 TEU). 10 sister ships join the fleet until 1985.
  • 1988 : the A.P. Møller container factory in Tinglev, Denmark, is opened.
  • 1988 : Maersk begins a trans-Atlantic container service.
  • April 1988 : Odense Yard produces the Marchen Mærsk (4,300 TEU) the largest containership of the world. 11 more ships are built between 1988 and 1991.
  • 1989 : Mærsk Line introduces the 45' container as a third standard container size.
  • 1991 - 1996 : Mærsk and P & O begin a joined global container service.
  • 1992 : the first large gas carrier Inger Mærsk (80,000 cbm) is added to the fleet.
  • Dec.1992 : the Odense Yard produces the world's first double-hull 300,000 tdw tanker, Eleo Mærsk. Until 1995, 5 sister ships are produced for Mærsk Line and 3 additional for Saudi Arabian VELA.

1993 - 1999  : bigger and bigger

  • March 1993 : Mærsk Line take over the Ben-EAC container line with 9 large container ships. It is now the largest container line in the world.
  • Dec. 1995 : Hyundai H.I., Ulsan delivers the 4,300 TEU Panamax container ship "Dragør Mærsk" the first of a series of 16 ships for Mærsk line.
  • Jan. 1996 : the world's largest container ship, Regina Mærsk, is delivered from Odense Yard and enter the Europe - Far East liner service. at this time it holds many records: first ship over 6,000 TEU capacity, with Loa. 318,2 metres the first over 300 meter container ships, first with 42,80 Meter breadth and first over 80,000 BRZ and tdw.
  • May 1996  : The Maersk cooperation of the liner service with P&O was finished and a new global containerservice with "Sea-Land Corporation" started.


  • Sept. 1997 : Odense Yard delivers Sovereign Mærsk the world's first 8,000 TEU and over 100,000 tdw container ship to the Mærsk fleet. Its als with 346,9 meters loa. the longest newly built ship in the world.
  • January,31. 1998 : A.P. Møller Group acquires the Volkswerft in Stralsund (Germany) from the German Treuhandgesellschaft for 25 million dollars. The yard is completly modernized including a large shipbuilding hall and a 230 m (now 275 m length) ship lift to launch the ships. Container ships (2,500 class) are produced for the Mærsk fleet. They have a size of 2,900-3,000 TEU. Supply vessels and cable-laying vessels are also produced.
  • February 1999 : Mærsk takes control of the Safmarine Container Line incl. Compagnie Maritime Belge (CMB) with 40 owned and chartered container vessels..
  • 1999 : A new yard, located in Gouangzhou, Mainland China, produces its first ship, a 35,000 tdw tanker of the "R"-class.

1999 - update : Mærsk-Sealand

  • November 1999 : Maersk buys the container pioneer shipping company Sea-Land Corporation with 70 vessels, their containerterminals and liner service from CSX Corporation. A.P.Möllers liner shipping firmed now as Maersk Sealand.
  • June 2001 : A.P.Möller Group acquired the nederlandsche "Smit-Wijsmüller" salvage company ( incl. the norwegian "ESVAGT" company )over its subsidiary company A/S Em Z. Svitzer with over 250 vessels ( Tugs, barges, Offshore and other vessels ). Now A.P.Möller-Maersk group operated the worldwide largest fleet of salvage and offshore vessels.


  • September 2002 : A.P.Möller Group took over the liner shipping activities of the danish shipping company Torm A/S; Copenhagen which sailed from the US to the Gulf and USA's Eastcoast to Africa's westcoast. This service was then taken over by Safmarine Container Line.


File:SpainAlgecirasHarbor.jpg
Three Maersk Sealand Containerships at the APM Containerterminal Algeciras, Spain.


  • 2003 : Merger of the two holding companies D/S Svendborg A/S and the D/S af 1912 A/S to A.P.Möller-Maersk A/S.
  • March 2003 : With the Axel Maersk, Odense Yard delivered the biggest and longest containership of the world (and highest cargo capacity, at the time). Its the first containership with 352 Meter Loa. Breadth 42,80 meters, 109.000 tdw, with a 12-cylinder diesel engine from HSD-Wärtsilä Sulzer, which develops 63,000 kW at 100 revolutions per minute – equivalent to 85,500 BHP. Five sisterships are built in 2003-2004 (Anna, Arnold, Arthur, Adrian, and Albert). TEU equivalent of 8900. Also there are the longest ships built worldwide in 2003 and 2004.
  • April 2004 : The first LNG-carrier (120.000 cbm) with the Maersk Las Raffan from Samsung Heavy Ind, South Korean entered the Maersk Fleet. A sistership was ordered for 2006.
  • May - Oct. 2004 : Volkswerft built three containerships ea. 2100 TEU for the Safmarine.
  • 2004 : the Company headquarter at Esplanaden was enlarged and opened at Febr.2005.
  • 2004 - 2005 : Odense Yard built their first Navy ships with two flexi-support-ships (Loa. 137,5 m) for the Royal Danish Navy.
    • The group had revenues of about 157,112 million DKK in 2003 (21,138 million Euros). Maersk made net profits of DKK 18.4 billion ($3.1 billion) in 2004. It is listed on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange (KFX). In 2004 the company held about 12% of the world container shipping market. [2]


  • March 2005 : Odense Yard delivered with the Post-Panamax-Containership DAL Kalahari for Deutsche-Afrika-Linien the first ship which is not built for the A.P.Möller Group since ten years.
  • May, 11th, 2005 : Maersk announced plans to purchase rival shipping company P&O Nedlloyd for 2.3 billion Euros (or 2,96 billion US $). Some analysts believe the purchase is inspired by the undercapacity in the world container market. World trade is currently growing faster than ships are being built. By buying another large company Maersk will be able to expand its capacity by a third. If the purchase is successful Maersk will be by far the largest single shipping company and also the largest containerline (over 550 vessels) in the world. A.P.Möller Group has aquired from may,11th, 2005 up to june, 24th, 2005 19,4% on Royal P&O Nedlloyd stock.
  • June, 2005 : with the "Gudrun Maersk" Odense Yard delivered another worldwide biggest and also longest container ship to the Maersk fleet. Its going in the Europe - far East linerservice.


  • June,29th. 2005 : P&O sells its last 25% part of Nedlloyd stocks to A.P. Møller and the Danske Bank.
  • June,29th. 2005 : A.P. Møller aquired the Irish sea ferry operator Norse Merchant Ferry.
  • June,30th, 2005 : A.P. Møller-Mærsk agreed to sell Mærsk Air to Fons Eignarhaldsfelag; Iceland.
  • August 11, 2005: A.P. Møller-Mærsk announced that the purchase of Royal P&O Nedlloyd N.V. had been completed, and will be merged with Mærsk-Sealand. Today Royal P&O Nedlloyd comprises a fleet of 162 container vessels with 460,203 TEU. From February 2006, the new company will be named "Mærsk Line". P&O Nedlloyd Logistics and Mærsk Logistics will be merged under the name "Mærsk Logistics".

Personality

The A.P. Moller-Maersk Group originates from the shipping company founded by sea captain Peter Mærsk Møller and his son Arnold Peter Møller ( born Oct.,2nd, 1876, death June 1965 ) in Svendborg in 1904. One of the 12 children from A.P.Møller was Maersk-McKinney Møller, born July 13, 1913. In 1939 he stepped on the Board of Directors. After the death of A.P.Møller in June 1965 he took over the leadership of the Company as CEO (up to 1993 when Jess Søderberg took over) and Chairman ( up to December 2003, at this time he was 90 years old ). Today he is still managing owner of the Group and also Chairman of the Odense yard. Two of the three daugthers of Maersk-McKinney Möller are members in the Board of directors as vice president.

Managing Owner

  • Maersk-McKinney Möller : June 1965 - update


Chairman

  • A.P.Möller : 1904 - June 1965
  • Maersk-McKinney Möller : June 1965 - 15.December 2003
  • Michael R. Rasmussen : 15. December 2003 - update

CEO

  • Maersk Mc-Kinney Möller : June 1965 - June 1993
  • Jess Söderberg : June 1993 - update

See also

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